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S.I. No. 609/2014 - Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2014.
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2014.
2. The 1st day of January 2015 is appointed as the day on which
sections 42
and
43
of the
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
(No. 41 of 2011) shall come into operation.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
12 December 2014.
LEO VARADKAR,
Minister for Health.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
This Order brings into operation
sections 42
and
43
of the
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
. Section 42 provides for the Minister to designate titles for use by registered nurses or registered midwives or a class of registered nurses or registered midwives. Section 43 provides for the use of designated titles.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
6
th January
, 2015.
I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 1
(2) of the
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
(No. 41 of 2011), hereby order as follows